Monday, November 7, 2011

About Heart Health Center: Are Airport Security Full Body Scanners Safe With Pacemakers and ICDs?

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From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., your Guide to Heart Health Center
This week: If you have a pacemaker, this may be the only place you'll find written advice on those new full body scanners at airport security.

Are Airport Security Full Body Scanners Safe With Pacemakers and ICDs?
The new full body scanners have been in use in many airports for a few years now, so you would think that somebody, somewhere must have figured out by now... Read more

Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
In peripheral artery disease (PAD), one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the legs or arms becomes blocked or partially blocked, usually because of atherosclerosis. Patients with PAD... Read more

Does Daylight Saving Time Cause Heart Attacks?
Now that we're close to saying goodbye to Daylight Saving Time for another 6 months, perhaps (according to researchers reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine recently), we'd be... Read more

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Articles and links about atrial fibrillation

 


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